Door-panel and the like.



J. H'EGENSTEIN.

noon PANEL AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION HLED IULY 23,1911- Patented Mar.12, 1918..

35l bei-ng made of genuine leather.

UNITED sTArns PAENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH nEGENsrnin,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. f

DOOR-PANEL AND THE LIKE.

To all-whom 'it may concern.'

Bc it known that I, JOSEPH REGENSTEIN, a. citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and StateSpecicatipngL-Letters Patent. implication led July 23, 1917. Serial No.182,299.

- of the pasteboard or other backing, so that the edge of the panel isprotected by the cloth itself. This, however, is a tedious and expensiveprocess and it involves the wastof Illinois, have invented certain newandas-tage of a considerable percentage of the cloth useful Improvementsin Door-Panels and the like, of which the following is a specieation.

The present invention has to do with certain Improvements-.in theconstruction of door panels and the like, and has' particularv referenceto the construction of door panels -for ysin automobile construction. ItWill presBnHy appear that the features of the inventi en are not by anymeans limited to ,this rticular class of service.

In the construction of doors for automobile bodies, it is very customaryto provide a. finishing panelfor the interior face ofthe door, whichpanel is secured to the body portion of the door in anyk suitablemanner, as, for example, by the use of bradsor nails. The appearance andfinish ofthe door; panels should harmonizenwith theinterior'finhas comeinto very extensive favor, and has found very Wide application.Nevertheless the use of real leather for this purpose is in most casesout of the question-*on account of its prohibitive cost. have,therefore, been adopted for Vconstructing the panels from some materialother lthan leather, and providing them with the necessary finishtogivethe appearance of For this purpose, the use of cloth has foundconsid erable favor, and the cloth or canvas is generally' mounted on asuitable hacking to which it -is attached, and by which it issupportedand given additional-strength and firmness, In the ordinary operation ofthe car, the rainand elements naturally reach the door panels to agreater or less extent. Furthermore, during the washing or clean- .ingofthe `intel-ions' of the car bodies, the water, of necessity, strikesthe panels and flushes them. For these and other reasons it is quite.necessary to so construct the door panels that the water will beprevented from entering their edge portions, because such Water willsoalcinto the edge portions of y the"pan`els and loosen up the clothsurfacing from its hacking. ln order to provide against thispossibility, it has been a cornl.mon expedient in the' past to l'olilthe edge portion ol' the cloth surfacing-over the edge ish of the car;Theuse of leather inishings' Other expedients or canvas material. One ofthe objects of the present invention is to provide a door panel of suchconstruction as to overcome the foregoing objection' to these imitationpanels.

In order to give the panels a more nished and natural appearance, itv`has been quite customary in the past tov emboss the clothor canvasfinishing before thesame is applied to the paste-board or card-boardhacking. As 'a result of this fact, it has Patented Mar.12,1918.

been found that the moisture of the paste or glue has, to a largeextent, destroyed the embossed finish, or at any rate has so softenedthe cloth or canvas that -upon the application of the roller or Aother`tool for pressing the cloth or canvas against the paste-board.fsbaclringthe embossed finish has been destroyed along definite lines or 'si rips.I1`urthermore, the connection between the clothorcanvas and the4paste-board hacking has been nccessarilymore or less imperfect, becauseof the rough nature of the cloth surface as compared to the smoothnature ofl the cardboard or paste-board backing.

Another object of the invention is to overcome the foregoing objectionsby so constructing the door panel that the embossing will extend clearthrough the cai-(L hoardor paste-hoard `backin as We'as the cloth orcanvas finishing. 'Ihis is one by pia-forming thc embossing operationafter the canvas orchith covering has been applied. i A

In the nulnufacture of the door panels, material and labor can be savedby apply ing the cloth h'nish to a comparatively large surface oi'hacking platcrial, and thereafter culling-this large surface or bodyintoa number of blanks ol the exactsize and' shape ol' the door panels.This procedure, however. necessarily results in the produclion of doorpanclshaving raw or exposed edges, so that if they were to be left inthis comlilion the water -and elements .would readily lind and worktheir way in between thev clolh and the hacking.

.Another object ol' this invention is to provide :l panel ol" suchconstruction that'the edge thereof shall he an'iply and adequately so l`to Figs. 3 and 4r.

protected against the possible entrance ofwater between the cloth vandthe backing. This protection is, in most cases, secured by a system ofsewing vor stitching around the of the panels, and in other cases by theapplication of a strip or binder of cloth or the like folded around theentire ed e of the panel.

ther objects and uses of the invention i VWill appear from a detaileddescription ot the same which consists in the features ot constructionand combinations of parts hereinafter described'and claimed.

Referring to the drawing: f

Figure 1 shows a face view of a door having applied thereto a panelembodying the features of the present invention, the wall surroundingthe door bcingbroken away in fragmentary manner.

Fig. 2 shows on greatly enlarged scale, in fragmentary form, an edgeportion of a door having applied thereto a panel embodying the featuresot the present invention.

Fig. 3 shovvs a fragmentary edge view .of the panel embodying thefeatures the present invention, the saine being an edge View of a ianelin which the edge protection is alforded by a system ofsewing orstitchig. 4 is a front tace view corresponding to Fig. '3.

Fig. 5' is a back face View corresponding Fig. 6 lis a front faceview ofa fragment of a door panelembodying,r the features of the presentinvention, and 1n which the protection to the edge of the panel isattorded by Way of a strip of binder or the like sur-Y roundlng thesame; and 1 Fig. 7 is al section through the construe tion shown in Fig.6.

As previously mentioned, the door panel to which the present inventionrelates is conveniently built or made up by 'the application of a stripor sheet of canvas or the like t'o one face ,of a card-board orpaste-board backing. This is ordinarily done while both the canvas orcloth and backingl material are in'their raw condition'. The large sheetis then embossed so 'that the roughening or corrugating extends clearthrough both' the cloth andthepa'ste board backing.v Therethe panel isattached to thebaclnng 9 by the after, the cloth or canvas is coatedwith a water-proof and coloring material to render the same water-proof,and at the same time give it the blackened or brownish finish' desired.This large sheet is then cut un' into blanks of the size and shape ofthe door panels, thereby exposing the raw edge pre The blanks thusformed viously mentioned. .then have their edge portions protected by alineV of sewing or stitching, or in some cases by the application of thestrip of binder.

Referring new to the several figures, the

door body is represented by the dish-shaped panel 8 which vmay be ofmetal or other suitable material. A Wooden spacing block 9 is generallyprovided Within the trarne panel 8, said block serving to space the doorpanel 1.0 from the case 8, and serving also as a baseer foundation uponwhich to apply the door panel.

The. door panel 10 comprises the sheet of backing material 1l and thecloth or canvas covering 12. The general shape of the panel is revealedinFig. l, although, of course, the particular shape in each case may bedief tated by the job in hand.

The cloth or canvas coverin '12 is pasted or gluedlto the backing 11.,Tie material is then embossed or corrugated, so that the ein bossing orroughening` extends clear through both thicknesses of material. Thisfact is well illustrated and revealed in Figs. 2 and 7. It is alsoapparent from examination of Figs. 4 and 5, because these figuresillustrate the reverse `tacos of the panel.

After the. clbth or canvas facing l2 has been applied and the embossingperformed, the cloth or canvas is protected by coating thesame W-ithwater-proofing and coloring material. The panel is then eut up into thedesired shape, and thereafter a line of stitching or the like' 13 isapplied to the entire periphery of the panel. This stitching maybe otany suitable form and may be performed' thing is that the edge portionof the panel shall be bound or stitched together so as t0 eliectivelyprevent the entrance of water or moisture between the cloth and thebacking. ln the stitchinfmir shown, the edge portion of the panel isfully protected as shown by Fig.` 3, from which it appears that thestitching e. tends across the edge of the panel and just out'sideot' theedge. Other portions of the stitching' extend through the material ofthe panel, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Aliter the. stitching has been completed,

In the modified arrangement shown iny Figs. 6 and 7 a binding strip 17is s ubsti,u tuted for the stitching illustratedV in the pref cedingrfigures. The edge' portion of this binding strip may be held in place bye line of stitching 18 extending clear through the panel .and throughthe binding strip.

While I have herein shown and described only certain embodiments of thefeatures of my invention, still it Will be understood that I do notlimit myself to the said embodiments, except l may do so in the claims,

I claim:

l. As a new article of manufacture, a door panel or the like comprisinga backing of pasteboard or the like having pasted or glued to itsexposed surface a facing of texric, vthere being eorrugations orroughening extending entirely through both the backing and facing, andIneens for protecting the edge of the panel against the entrance ofWater into said edge, substantially as described. l

3. As a new article of manufacture, a door panel or the like comprisinge backing of suitable fibrous material having applied to its exposedsurface a facing of textile fabric, there being corrugations orroughening extending-through both the backing and the facing of. thepanel, and means for protectl ing the edge of the panel against theentrance of Water between the` backing and facinfr thereof,substantially as described;

4. s e new article of manufacture, a door panel or the like comprising abacking of fibrous material having pasted or glued to one f ils faces afacinor of textile fabric, and

having applied to Said` textile fabric a suitable waterproofingmate-rial, there being corrugations or roughening extending throughhotli the backing and the facing of the panel, and means for protectingthe edge of the panel against the entrance of Water therea into,sul'istantially as described.

JOSEPH REGENSTEIN. l

